alsa-2025:17428
Vulnerability from osv_almalinux
Published
2025-10-07 00:00
Modified
2025-10-13 08:28
Summary
Important: open-vm-tools security update
Details

The Open Virtual Machine Tools are the open source implementation of the VMware Tools. They are a set of guest operating system virtualization components that enhance performance and user experience of virtual machines.

Security Fix(es):

  • open-vm-tools: Local privilege escalation in open-vm-tools (CVE-2025-41244)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

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  "details": "The Open Virtual Machine Tools are the open source implementation of the VMware Tools. They are a set of guest operating system virtualization components that enhance performance and user experience of virtual machines.  \n\nSecurity Fix(es):  \n\n  * open-vm-tools: Local privilege escalation in open-vm-tools (CVE-2025-41244)\n\n\nFor more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.\n",
  "id": "ALSA-2025:17428",
  "modified": "2025-10-13T08:28:00Z",
  "published": "2025-10-07T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:17428"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-41244"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2397752"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2025-17428.html"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "CVE-2025-41244"
  ],
  "summary": "Important: open-vm-tools security update"
}


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